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Live-Action Wolf Girl and Black Prince Film Casts Yuki Yamada

The staff of the live-action film of Ayuko Hatta's shōjo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince (Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji) revealed on Monday that Yuki Yamada will play a character in the film. Yamada will play a man (seen left in picture right) who hits on Nanao's character Reika Sata (right).

Yamada previously starred in the film Strobe Edge in 2015, also directed by Ryūichi Hiroki. He has also starred in the live-action drama adaptation of GTO, and the Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo live-action film based on the Itazura na Kiss manga.

The film's official website previously streamed a trailer last month for the film, which previews the film's theme song "Boku no Namae o" (My Name) by the rock band back number.

The story of Wolf Girl & Black Prince centers around Erika Shinohara, a vain 16-year-old girl who tells her friends about her romantic exploits, but she actually has no boyfriend. She claims that a handsome boy in a candid photo is her boyfriend, but it turns out that boy is a schoolmate named Kyōya Sata. She has no choice but to make him her fake boyfriend. Unfortunately, Sata may look like a sweet person, but he is actually an ultra-black-hearted sadist. Sata takes advantage of Erika's weakness and treats her like his dog.

The visual below shows lead actors Fumi Nikaidō (left in photo) and Kento Yamazaki (right in photo) in costume as Erika Shinohara and Kyōya Sata, their respective characters. The visual resembles an illustration Hatta drew for the manga.

The rest of the film's cast includes:

• Nobuyuki Suzuki as Nozomi Kamiya
• Mugi Kadowaki as Ayumi SANDA
• Elaiza Ikeda as Aki Tezuka
• Ryūsei Yokohama as Takeru Hibiya
• Tina Tamashiro as Marin Tachibana
• Ryō Yoshizawa as Yū Kusakabe
• Nanao as Reika Sata
• Riria Kojima as Namie
• Rena Takeda as Mayu
• Ikumi Hisamatsu as Miho

Ryūichi Hiroki (live-action Strobe Edge, Otoko no Isshō) is directing the film. Shooting for the film ended in January, and the film will open in Japan on May 28.

Hatta launched the Wolf Girl & Black Prince (Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji) shōjo manga in Bessatsu Margaret in 2011. Shueisha published the 14th compiled volume last November, and will publish the 15th volume on April 25. The film's official website notes that the manga has 4.2 million copies in print.

The manga inspired a 12-episode television anime series starring Kanae Itō as Erika Shinohara and Takahiro Sakurai as Kyōya Sata. The anime premiered in October 2014, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. Sentai Filmworks released the anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 8.

The manga also inspired a novel and a drama CD, the latter of which also starred Itō and Sakurai.

Source: Comic Natalie